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Skeletal preparation of little skate hatchling ventral view

From Fins to Fingers: A Fresh Perspective on Repeating Body Parts and Their Origins | Scienmag.com

April 2, 2026

A neurula-stage skate (Leucoraja erinacea) embryo, with embryonic germ layers false-colored. Tissues shown here include the neural tube (cyan), endoderm (yellow), paraxial mesoderm (magenta), lateral plate mesoderm (green) and tailbud (blue).

Fins, Fingers and Toes: A New Take on Repeating Body Parts and How They Come to Be

April 1, 2026

four people on a small row boat on the water. one on left has a camera to face. one in back has a red jacket. Person in the forground has a bag and the one to the far right is facing backwards.

Marine Biological Laboratory Announces 2026 Logan Science Journalism Fellows

March 24, 2026

$Six scientists with headlamps taking water samples from rock fractures in a South African goldmine.$

Emil Ruff Leads Team to Explore Dark Oxygen Through NASA Collaborative Award

January 28, 2026

MBL and Woods Hole from drone.

MBL Highlights of 2025

January 9, 2026

Filamentous cyanobacteria N punctiforme

Light vs. Dark: Team Discovers Multicellular Cyanobacteria Activate Different Genes by Day and by Night

November 20, 2025

ostracod ovarium with endosymbiotic bacteria

Imaging Reveals Bacterial Symbionts in the Ovaries of Tiny, Aquatic Crustaceans

November 12, 2025

gillis

How is a Bird Like a Fish? Rare Organ to Detect Spatial Position Suggests a Link

September 25, 2025

Three women and a man stand in front of some shrubbery.

MBL Researchers Inducted into German Academy of Sciences

May 7, 2025